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Re:Free software hasn't won by mustache_kimono on Sunday October 12, 2025 @08:05PM (#45563288)
> it has a very non-open development model - development happens behind closed doors, no process to accept outside contributions, chuck a source code dump over the fence some time after each binary release.

Mostly agree re: your entire post, but, re: OSS above, does not matter, you don't owe an open development model to anyone.

Re:Free software hasn't won by skissane on Sunday October 12, 2025 @09:35PM (#45563831)
I think there can be a difference between the literal and official meaning of a term, and what it most commonly means in practice - and that’s a descriptive claim about how words get used, not a prescriptive claim that anyone has some moral or legal obligation to do anything in particular